Foxy,

Unfortunately, people who are supposed to know better are always blabbing about how weak we are. The CCP doesn't need cyber spying to know what's going on: our politicians tell them everything they need to know.

One notorious example, who should certainly know better because of his military career, is General, now Senator, Jim Molan. Referred to as 'great man' by Paul Murray on SkyNews, he is always blurting out how weak we are, how we haven't done what we should have done, and so on. He is probably right, but there is no need to advertise, instead of hammering his own government to get on with it.

Politicians are all a-holes interested in themselves and their artificial careers much more than they are interested in Australia and Australians.

ttbn,

I know that being a politician is not an easy job.
And that they're only human. However I wish that at
times they'd think before they speak. Voters don't
like disunity and they're not doing themselves any
favours by stoking the fires against each other.
It may surprise you to know that I do long for the
days of good leadership that we once had. But that
today is not around any more. Personal ambitions
seem to be more important than what's good for the
country - as you point out.

While our politicians and press are blaring away, China is using their age-old strategy of 'hide and bide': keeping quiet, and biding their time until the opportunity arises.

This rising anti-China sentiment has being growing conveniently in step with the changing political requirements of the USA and we will continue to pay the price economically. It's feeling a lot like "the coalition of the willing" all over again. Meanwhile the USA steps in and snaps up the markets that we lose while China remains a third of our global trade.

This will likely go the way of previous contrived outrages and eventually be replaced with something else, unless we are drawn into a military conflict first or totally forfeit our trade position.

Whatever happened to all those earlier battles that got the right wing all excited - the wearing of burkas, immigration levels, halal foods, welfare cheats and so on? Nothing was ever solved or changed but we were simply herded in other directions by vested interests who constantly yank our chains.
It used to be the Russians, then the Asians, then the Muslims and now the Chinese.

Rache,

Do they pay you in Yuan or AU$ ?

There is a fundamental problem we all face.
Pres Xi said a two or three years back, that the United States is not
a sovereign country.
When asked he said that China is the only sovereign country.

This is a reiteration of the Central Kingdom where ALL countries owe
tribute to China.
Looked at in this light you can see the reason for the Belt & Road
program. I recently read how many of the countries involved in that
program cannot keep up repayments but China is not pressing for payment.
I guess if they continue with paying tribute indefinitely China will be happy.
Tribute of course can be in the form of military bases, resources etc
as well as votes in the UN.
Has the Central Kingdom already been restablished ?